Towel holder



Aug. 9, 1932. J MlLLER 1,871,189

TOWEL HOLDER Filed Aug. 16, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 any. 1.

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J. S. MILLER TOWEL HOLDER Aug. 9,, 1932.

Filed Aug. 16, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INV ENTOR. v5. Miller- ATTORNEY.

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Patented Aug. 9, 1932 871 189 tarts PATENT JAMES S. MILLER, F TRENTON, NEW ,J'ERSEY TOWEL HOLDER Application filed August 16. 1930. Serial No. 475,699.

This invention relates to towel holders and ing a flat back and provided with a bent more particularly to aholder for paper towels over flange 6 at the top. The front'of the used to cover the head-rests of dental chairs. casing is formed with bent over flanges 7 The main object of the invention is to prowhich provide bearing surfaces for the hori- 5 vide a simple and convenient towel holder zontal bar 8. Attached to the horizontal bar 50 which can be attached to a wall or be kept in as best seen in Fig. 7 is a flat spring 9 beara cabinet drawer and wherein the towels can ing against the movable plate 10. The space easily be removed and replaced. betweenthis movable plate and the back 5 of Another object of the invention is to prothe casing is the magazine or. compartment vide means in the holder for giving the towels 11 forholding the paper towels 12.

a permanent curve as they are individually At the bottom of the compartment is a removed. triangular shaped stop 13 on which rests the Still another object of the invention is to bottom edge of the towels 12. This stop also I provide resilient means for compressing the acts as a bearing surface for the lowerv edge stack of towels and still allowing same to be of the plate 10. The top of the plate 10 is 6 removed without being torn. formed with a bent over lip 14: bearing With the above and other objects in view, against the stack of towels. To insert a as will be presently understood, the invenfresh stack of towels the bar 8 and the at tion consists in general of certain novel detached spring 9, and the movable plate 10 are tails of construction and combinations of removed. from the casing. The towels are 65 parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated then inserted in the magazine and the plate 10 in the accompanying drawings and specifiand bar 8 replaced as'shown in Figures 1 and cally claimed. 5. As the thickness of the stack of towels is r Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the towel gradually lessened the plate 10 will move toholder shown in acabinet drawer. wards the towels. due to the action of the 9 Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder spring v9 and keep them under constant comsupport. pression. V p

Fig. 3 is a view of the movable plate. It is 'very desirable to have the towels fit Fig. 4: is a bottom view of the towel holder snugly around the head-rest of a dental chair H with the support removed. so as to keep the hanging end thereof out of Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the towel the way of the patients neck or back. To. holder shown in a vertical position for being bring about this result the device is so arattached to a wall. ranged that the towels are given a permanent Fig. 6 is a section on line 66 of Fig. 5. curve when pulled out of the magazine so Fig. 7 is a section on line 7-7 of Fig. 5. it will hug the head-rest. As previously 30 Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view showing a stated the lip 14 of the plate 10 always bears head-rest of a dental chair covered with one against the stack of towels due to the resilof the paper towels. ient action of the spring 9. Now when a In Fig. 1 the towel holder 1 is shown in'an towel is pulled out of the magazine the fricinclined positionresting in a drawer 2 of a tion of the edge of the lip l l'bearing against 3 cabinet, while in Fig. 5 the towel holder is the towel'will cause the towel to curl. The shown in a vertical position. In the back pull of'the towels will be in a downward of the cabinet is a slot 3 adapted to engage direction as the flange 6 covering the'curvawith a hook which may be fastened to a wall. ture of the towels will-make-it unhandy for The towel holder comprises a casing l havthe towels to be pulled out in an upward direction. The device is purposely arranged so that the towels are pulled out with a downward movement so that. a more degree of curl can be had that way.

As noted diagrammatically in Figure 8 numeral 15 designates the head-rest of a dental chair, numeral 16 the forward end of the towel and 17 the curved end thereof. It will be noted how the towel hugs the bottom of the head-rest and is out of the way of the patient.

For using the towel holder in connection with adrawer as shown in Figure 1 it is desirable that the device be positioned at an angle so the towels can be conveniently pulled. To retain the holder atthe proper angle a support 18 is provided. The upper end 19 of the support is adapted to fit into a slot 20 at the bottom of the magazine formed bythe bent over portions 21 and the bottom 22 of the magazine. The lower end of'the support is bent forming a base 23 for the support. 7

It will thus be seen that I have provided a simple and efficient towel holder made of relatively few parts and which is relatively inexpensive to manufacture. Thetowels can easily and simplybe replaced or removed from the magazine. Asthey are removed they are automatically given a curl sothey will fit snugly around the head-rest of a dental chair. The support 18 is removably fastened to the bottom of the casing. When the towel holder is supported in a vertical position, for instance from a wall, as shown in Figure 5, the support is not usedbut when the towel holder is kept in a drawer as shown in Figure 1 the support is attached to the casing.v V

It is obvious that many minor changes may i be made in the form and arrangement of the invention without departing from the material principles involved. I do not, therefore, desire to confine my invention to the exact form herein shown and described but I do desire to include all forms which properly come within the scope claimed.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a towel holder of the class described, the combination of a casing having a flat back, of a movable plate in said casing, the upper edge of said plate being bentinwardly at an angle, the space between the movable plate and said back forming a magazine for a stack of towels, a spring for keeping the bent over edge of said movable plate against the stack of towels, and a triangular shaped stop at the floor of said casing, the lower edge of said plate bearing against said stop.

2. In a towel holder of the class described, the combination of a casing having a bent over top and a flat back, of a movable plate msaidcaslng, the upper edge of said plate being bent inwardly at an angle, the space between the movable plate and said back 

